By Angela McManaman In a village just outside Dakar, Senegal, people wonder if the 8-year-old girl who won’t talk and avoids eye contact is bewitched. In a Milwaukee high school, a … [Read more...]
Love, Optimism, Dedication Inspire UWM Student to Help Reform Foster Care
By Kathy Quirk Jameelah A. Love spent her childhood bouncing from house to house as her family life unraveled. At age 14, she went into the foster care system. Now Love, who just finished … [Read more...]
Riverside Alum Hopes His Passion for Teaching Inspires New Educators
By Kathy Quirk Sometimes when he walks into a classroom for the first time, Nate Deans sees the surprise in his students’ eyes. “I may be the first African-American male teacher they have eve … [Read more...]
Making a Book – and a New Life
By Kathy Quirk The first-grader pasted a photo of his school’s water fountain onto a piece of construction paper and carefully copied the word “bubbler” underneath it. That page is just one of m … [Read more...]
A Couple Who Shares it All: Kids, College and Career Goals
By Kathy Quirk Three years ago, Amber and Jared Anderson drove to Drake University in Iowa and back in one day to hear well-known scientist and educator Neil deGrasse Tyson speak. That’s one … [Read more...]
UWM Launches Education Partnership with MPS, MATC
By Angela McManaman UWM, Milwaukee Public Schools and Milwaukee Area Technical College officially launched their joint education initiative, M³ (pronounced M-cubed), on Wednesday, Jan. … [Read more...]
World of Possibilities Opens for New UWM Graduates
By Angela McManaman The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has hosted more than 100 graduation ceremonies, but each one is remarkable because of the incredible – and incredibly diverse – exp … [Read more...]
To Celebrate its 60th, UWM Gives Thanks by Giving Back
By Angela McManaman The year 2016 has been an important one for the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. It’s the year that UWM earned a prestigious “top research university” designation from the … [Read more...]
Family Provides Focus for New UWM Basketball Coach
By Howie Magner He’s won before, and LaVall Jordan expects to win again. But as his first season at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee approaches, what matters most to the new head men’s bas … [Read more...]
Open House Welcomes New Families to College-Prep Programs at UWM
By Angela McManaman “Open very carefully,” reads a small oval sign on April Holland’s office door. “There are students on the other side.” That’s an understatement. Every year, more than 3,70 … [Read more...]
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